Cognitive Therapies

Recommended Prerequisites

It is advisable that students have already done the following subjects: Behaviour Modification, Cognitive Models in Clinical Psychology, Psychopathology I and II, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapies in Adults I.

Teaching Methods

Lectures and interactive methods. Participant modeling, role playing, case analysis and discussion, and constructive feedback.

Learning Outcomes

This subject focuses on the conceptualization and development of cognitive therapies, especially on the integration of interpersonal and emotional processes in the state of the art of cognitive therapy. After discussing change mechanisms and processes, the most important therapeutic strategies/techniques in cognitive therapy will be illustrated.

Learning outcomes

1. Theoretical and practical knowledge of the cognitive psychotherapy process.

2. Reflection on the interaction of the components of the cognitive psychotherapy process: therapeutic relationship, socialization with the cognitive approach to psychopathology, case formulation, and the different therapeutic techniques used in the cognitive therapy approach.

3. Practical skills on these components of psychotherapy and the correct execution of the most widely used techniques, according to the specific factors of the patient and of the problem at hand.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Conceptual framework of CT

2. Evolution of CT

2.1. From behavior therapy to cognitive-behavioral therapy: from the S-R and S-R-C models to the S-O-R-C models

2.2. From self-statements to structures of meaning: standard life styles

2.3. The importance of interpersonal aspects

2.4. Emotional activation as a fundamental issue in changing meanings

3. Mechanisms of change in cognitive therapies

4. The cognitive psychotherapy process

4.1. The patient’s socialization within the scope of the cognitive model

4.1.1. How to teach the patient the A-B-C

4.1.2. Explaining the patient the different types of “B” and the different moments in which they may occur in relation to “A”

4.1.3. The “Bs” as an internal process

4.2. The different types of B

5. Therapeutic techniques

5.1. Confrontation techniques : counter-argumentation with emotional activation

5.2. Using cognitive dissonance in psychotherapy to change beliefs

5.3. Confrontation techniques:counter-argumentation without emotional activation

Head Lecturer(s)

José Augusto Veiga Pinto Gouveia

Assessment Methods

Periodic
Exam: 50.0%
A practical case: 50.0%

Final
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

• Antony, M., Barlow, D. (2002). Handbook of assessment and treatment planning for psychological disorders. New York: Guilford Press

 

• Clark, D. & Beck, A. (2010). Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice. New York: Guilford Press. (cap. 6).

 

• Leahy, R. (Ed.). (2003). Roadblocks in cognitive-behavioral therapy. New York: Guilford Press.

 

• McMullin, R. (2000). The new handbook of cognitive therapy techniques. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.

 

• Pinto-Gouveia, J., Castilho, P., Galhardo, A., & Cunha, M. (2006). Early maladaptive schemas and social phobia. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 30, 571-584.